The Couture Sylvia fight has to be one of my favourites of all-time. I don't think i've ever been as happy watching a fight and screamed so loud (well there was the St. Pierre vs. Hughes fight). But still, I love watching Randy fight.

I can't wait to see Kongo v Cro Cop, in all honesty I could see Kongo pulling the upset, his striking looks to me to be very tight and I doubt CC will want to take the fight to the ground. High risk match for CC in comparison to other matchups, eg Sylvia.

I can't wait to see Kongo v Cro Cop, in all honesty I could see Kongo pulling the upset, his striking looks to me to be very tight and I doubt CC will want to take the fight to the ground. High risk match for CC in comparison to other matchups, eg Sylvia.

that'll REALLLLLY suck and be a huge set back if cro cop loses twice in a row.

Yeah I guess that's my point, why not feed someone who is a relatively big name to CC and low risk. I think Cheick is a risk to CC in terms of styles. Whereas there is no way I could see Big Tim beating CC.

Anyone every considered making a Fantasy UFC league, the draft would be something like 2 of every weight class and then like a Util guy, points awarded for wins, maybe like 1 for a decision, 2 for a TKO or Sub and if its a championship match you could double the points or add an extra point, would be pretty fun if we could get people who are committed

Vadim Finkelstein, Fedor's manager, discusses in detail the ongoing negotiations with UFC and other organizations.

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Sherdog.com: As Fedor's manager, can you please fill us in on the current state of his contract negotiations.

VF: At the moment we are in negotiations with a number of organizations who have put offers on the table. I'll be blunt in saying that the UFC offer is the most financially attractive one. However they are very harsh in their terms and are not very flexible in actually negotiating them.

Fedor has now been the PRIDE heavyweight champion for four years and I think we have earned the right to negotiate a contract that suits both parties. Instead we are faced with a blunt "you are either in or you're out." This does not really suit us. If the negotiations continue in a similar manner, we'll prefer to fight for less money but with an organization which is more flexible.

The problem is that Fedor is the face of Combat Sambo in Russia. His popularity is at a level where he is acquainted with president Putin himself, in part because he is so successful and well known for Combat Sambo here.

Combat Sambo is a Russian sport that's not at a level of difficulty of MMA, but is hugely popular with our public. Fedor must represent Russia in Combat Sambo and at world championships, specifically the ones coming up in September. All we want him to do is compete something like once a year in Combat Sambo. But the UFC is not happy with that.

Their proposal has all kinds of clauses, all kinds of fines etc. that do not suit us. The UFC is not really that eager to communicate and negotiate. The negotiations are still continuing, and we will try very hard to get our demands met, if not Fedor will simply not compete in the UFC, even though that will be unfortunate as they currently have one of the, if not the, strongest, heavyweight divisions in the world.

Anyone every considered making a Fantasy UFC league, the draft would be something like 2 of every weight class and then like a Util guy, points awarded for wins, maybe like 1 for a decision, 2 for a TKO or Sub and if its a championship match you could double the points or add an extra point, would be pretty fun if we could get people who are committed

It's a good idea, but quite hard to pull off I would imagine since the events are quite infrequent and guys don't fight on every card. So if someone took Roger Huerta say, he would probably score more points than Chuck for example. Even though I would say Chuck is better p4p.

I guess they are sending out sacraficial(sp) lambs out to build up Shoguns name because some people may not know who he is. I don't know why Liddell is fighting Keith, I would like to see Liddell VS. Wanderlai, but Wanderlai wanted a October match up because he is moving to America in September but Liddell wanted a September match up so it didn't work out :(